He had prepared for this contest of endurance for months, which was held to mark the grand opening of the new sporting goods store. how does the phrase contest of endurance affect the meaning of the passage?

your answer is b. "with strong wording encouraging readers to take action."

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .